SLAY QUEEN!
[SET]
name: Offensive
move 1: Behemoth Blade
move 2: Play Rough / Tera Blast
move 3: Tera Blast / Quick Attack
move 4: Swords Dance / Quick Attack
item: Rusted Sword
ability: Intrepid Sword
nature: Jolly / Adamant
evs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
tera type: Ground / Water / Electric
* **Zacian-C's stratospheric Attack stat makes it a great choice for sweeping late-game.
* **Behemoth Blade**: Behemoth Blade's reliability is worth it, even if the coverage isn't that useful.
* **Play Rough**: Play Rough is an excellent secondary STAB attack for stabbing Dragon-types like Miraidon and Koraidon, as well as dealing huge damage to Ting-Lu.
* **Quick Attack**: Quick Attack may seem weak, but picking off weakened foes, especially Focus Sash users like Chien-Pao and Ursaluna-B, is extremely valuable.
* **Swords Dance**: While Zacian-C must sacrifice some coverage to set-up, it becomes nearly impossible to wall outside of using Dondozo or Skeledirge, as well as lessening the risk of wasting the one-time Attack boost from Intrepid Sword.
Other Options
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* **Wild Charge**: Wild Charge does decent chip damage to Dondozo, Zacian-C's arch-nemesis. Especially if using Tera Electric. The recoil can be worrying though.
* **Close Combat**: Close Combat deals huge damage to Archaludon and other Steel-types, but Zacian-C's bulk is good enough that weakening it isn't always worth it.
Tera Types
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* **Tera Dependency - Medium**: Zacian-C has an amazing typing offensively and defensively, but it is vulnerable to Choice Scarf revenge killers such as Koraidon, Chi-Yu, and Miraidon, making Terastallization a good chance to flip the situation on its head.
* **Water**: Tera Water is a good shield against revenge killers that use Fire-type attacks, and it does good damage to defensive foes that Zacian-C dislikes, such as Skeledirge and Hippowdon.
* **Ground**: Tera Ground protects Zacian-C from Choice Scarf Miraidon's Electro Drift, as well as providing an awesome Tera Blast against Archaludon and Skeledirge.
* **Electric**: Tera Electric is Zacian-C's best chance of dealing serious damage to Dondozo. It won't usually 2HKO with Tera Blast or Wild Charge, but it can be invaluable later in the game when cleaning up.
* **Stellar**: If using four Attacks, Tera Stellar's one-time boost to any attack can come in handy, though it doesn't help much against revenge killers.
* **Normal**: Tera Normal makes sense with Quick Attack, not only picking off weakened foes more easily, but also ensuring Calyrex-S's Astral Barrage won't affect Zacian-C.
[SET]
name: Speed Booster
move 1: Trailblaze
move 2: Behemoth Blade
move 3: Play Rough / Tera Blast
move 4: Swords Dance / Tera Blast
item: Rusted Sword
ability: Intrepid Sword
nature: Jolly / Adamant
evs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe or 220 HP / 252 Atk / 36 Spe
tera type: Water / Ground / Electric
[SET COMMENTS]
* Zacian-C's blistering speed makes it royalty among late-game sweepers, making it especially difficult to revenge kill if it gets a Speed boost.
* **Behemoth Blade**: Behemoth Blade is Zacian-C's most reliable STAB attack, making it the best choice for cleaning.
* **Play Rough**: Play Rough is perfect for slicing through Dragon-types like Koraidon and Miraidon.
* * **Swords Dance**: Swords Dance lessens the punishment of wasting the Attack boost from Intrepid Sword by switching out, though the coverage loss can be irritating.
Other Options
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* **Wild Charge**: If using Tera Electric, Wild Charge can deal over 50% to Dondozo, making Zacian-C's best shot at cutting through it. This will likely cause a lot of recoil damage though, making Tera Blast still an option to consider for Tera Electric.
* **Close Combat**: Close Combat provides coverage against Steel-types like Archaludon and Corviknight, but compromising Zacian-C's bulk can be a problem.
Tera Types
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* **Tera Dependency - Medium**: Zacian-C has a fantastic typing, but it's a common target of bulky threats that can use Terastallization to win, such as Koraidon or Miraidon, so counter Terastallization is still useful.
* **Water**: Tera Water saves Zacian-C from getting roasted by Koraidon's Flare Blitz, and is useful for Tera Blast Water dealing good damage to Skeledirge and Hippowdon otherwise.
* **Ground**: Tera Ground is an effective response to Miraidon's Electro Drift, and offers great coverage against foes like Archaludon and Tera Fire Koraidon with Tera Blast Ground.
* **Electric**: Tera Electric's defensive benefit against Miraidon is useful, but its main purpose is letting Zacian-C do huge damage to Dondozo, who otherwise is extremely difficult to break through
Alternate EV Spreads
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* **220 HP / 252 Atk / 36 Spe with Adamant**: This bulkier spread takes advantage of Zacian-C's excellent typing, while still outspeeding Adamant Sneasler.
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Speed EV Benchmarks
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* **36 Spe**: This outspeeds Adamant Sneasler.
* **84 Spe**: This outspeeds Jolly Ogerpon formes.
* **172 Spe or 36+ Spe**: This outspeeds Jolly Sneasler
* **164+ Spe**: This outspeeds Timid Iron Bundle.
[CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/theorymon.29010/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/derpysux.528485/
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